Qualifications | Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Sunderland Polytechnic, England
Post Graduate Diploma in Natural Gas Engineering, the Institute of Gas Technology in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Management Program, Wharton Business School of Management, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
Working experience and occupation | Datuk Muhamad Noor Hamid, aged 63, has more than 30 years of direct working experience in the oil and gas industry ranging from project planning and implementation, operations, consultation and contracts.
Datuk Muhamad Noor Hamid obtained a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sunderland Polytechnic, England in 1977 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Natural Gas Engineering from the Institute of Gas Technology in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1980. He had also attended the Management Program in 1992 at the Wharton Business School of Management, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Datuk Muhamad Noor Hamid has held numerous positions during his 20 years of service in PETRONAS and PETRONAS Gas Sdn Bhd, including heading the Peninsular Gas Utilisation II project team. Upon completion of the project, he spent four years as the Head of the Pipeline Operation Division. He also worked in OGP Technical Services Sdn Bhd ("OGP"), a joint venture company between PETRONAS and Nova Corporation of Canada, where he was the General Manager of the Pipeline Division. OGP provides Project Management and Engineering Consulting services.
In 2000, he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Projass Engineering Sdn Bhd, a Class A Bumiputera construction company involved in oil and gas, power and infrastructure works. He then joined Gas Malaysia Berhad ("Gas Malaysia") in 2003 as the Chief Operating Officer and was subsequently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in February 2004. On 24 April 2006, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director of Gas Malaysia before retiring on 31 December 2013.
He is currently a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Malakoff Corporation Berhad ("Malakoff") on 13 July 2009. He is also a member of the Nomination Committee and Risk Committee of Malakoff. |